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what you consider to be a legitimate suit, or a
legitimate lawsuit?
 
A
Yes.
Q Have you also had a chance to rely on some book
by L. Ron Hubbard and the following of Scientology?
 
A
Yes.
Q I am going to show you two volumes here, the
Organization Executive Course. HCM Division I and VII by
 
L.
Ron Hubbard, do you recognize these?
MR. TYSON:
Short stack or big stack?
MS. RIVELLINI:
Actually both volumes.
BY MS. RIVELLINI:
 
Q These books, Mr. Oliver, do they set policies
and procedures for the organization?
 
A Yes, those two books are part of a larger
volume of books that are used to run and administer the
policies of the organization.
 
Q Okay, this book, Rules and Regulations on how
to carry out anything from being a member of the Sea Org.
to, how to open up mail?
 
A Yes, they —— Scientology is very bureaucratic
in that there is a policy for just about everything.
 
Q So not much is left to individual discretion?
 
A No, not much is left to individual discretion.
 
Q Mr. Tyson also asked you about the way an

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